Price tag



R. H. PLAs Oct. 14, 1930.

PRICE 'TAG Filed Oct. 10, 1927 Patented Oct. 14, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT H. rLAss, or UPPER. MoN'r'oLAIR, NEW JEns-EY, rissienon TO A. KIMBALL COMPANY, on. NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or new YORK PRICE TAG Application filed October 10, 1927. 'Serial No. 225,115.

This invention relates to tags, commonly designated as price tags, used for marking goods with the sales price or other data, the object of the invention being to provide an inrproved price tag which may be readily and quickly attached and firmly fastened by means of a single stitch. I

A further obj ect of the invention is the provision of an improved tag, which, while useful for various purposes, is particularly 'adapted for use as a price tag and which is so constructed that it requiresfor its attachment but a pair of needle punctures and which, when attached, is securely held in position but is quickly and easily removed by releasing the ends of asingle stitch, whereby the goods is not impaired by staples and whereby also the danger of pricking the fingers in applying, handling or removing the tag is avoided, and which tag may not only be easily and quickly applied but is readily and inexpensively made.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of an improved price tag which can be manufactured inexpensively in strip form and readily severable at predetermined points for attachment tothe goods.

In the drawings accompanying and form ing a part of the specifioation Figure 1 is a plan View of this improved price tag; Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof applied to a piece of goods,the stitch at the opposite side of the goods and the transverse tie of the free ends of the thread being illus trated in dotted lines Fig. 3 is a reverse View of Fig. 2, and-Fig. dis a plan View of'a portion of the continuous strip from which the tags are cut.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts-in the several views.

Before explaining in detail the present improvement and mode of operation thereof, I desire to have it understood that the invention is not limited to the details of construction and arrangement of parts which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, since the invention is capable of other embodiments, and that the phraseology which I employ is for the purpose of description and not of limitation.

This improved price tag, in its preferred form, comprises a rectangular blank 2 of some suitable material-u'sually flexible cardboard. ,One end thereof is serrated or notched to provide a pair of notches 3 and 4 forming a spaced tongue or nose 5. The opposite end or side of the is provided with a pair of diagonal notches 6 and 7 forming a spaced dove-tailed projection or tail 8 of preferably greater width than the nose. The tag can, therefore, properly be said to consist of a nose,a tail and a pair of side wings 9 and 1'0. The notches are for the reception of the thread, whereby the tag is stitched to the goods and the thread secured,

fastened, locked, hooked or tied to the tag.

curved form, the needle carrying the thread for attaching the tag penetrates the tag and fabric at the point 11 and carries the thread to the point 11 where it again passes through the fabric and tag. As the needle recedes through these needle punctures, the friction of the goods and tag upon. the needle thread causes the thread to throw out a loop 13 which is, by asuitable means-such a looper (not shown), engaged and carried around the nose or tongue 5. As the needle leaves the goods on its return movement, the threads thereof are engaged by a suitable instrument (not shown) and carried into one of the notches, as 6, and then around the neck 14% of the dovetailed portion and through the other notch 7 and then cut off. Thus the loose ends of the threads are securely held, locked or tied to the tag. From the foregoing it will be observedthat the tag is securely fastened to the fabric by a single lengthwise stitch 15, the threads of which are securely held to the at one end by a loop around the nose of the tag, while at the opposite end, the loose or out ends of the thread are wound, hooked or tied around the tail of the tag. When these loose or cut ends are pulled out of the notches 6 and 7 the tag is readily pulled from the goods without injury thereto thus avoiding the use of any sharp instrument liable to injure the fabric.

In the manufacture of these improved tags, a series thereof are formed in a con tinuous strip 16 by means of suitable dies and this strip is fed through a machine. whereby the tags are suitably printed and severed midway thereof, at which point slots 17 and notches 18 are provided, and the tags are then attached to the particular goods or fabric to which they are to be applied.

Thus I have provided a. tag simple in construction and inexpensive to manufacture and which is readily attachable and l'iri'nly secured to the goods by a single stitch and readily removed therefrom by releasing the ends of this single stitch.

It is to be understood that by describing in detail herein any particular form, structure or a'rangement, it is not intended to limit the invention beyond the terms of the several claims or the requirements of the prior art.

Having thus explained the nature of my said invention and described a way of constructing and using the same, although without attempting to set forth all of the forms in which it may be made or all of the modes of its use, l claim:

1. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturablc material having a spaced tongue or nose at one side and a dove-tailed projection at another side for the looping of a stitch thread around the nose and projection.

22. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturable material having a spaced nose or tongue one side and a. spaced dove-tailed projection. at its opposite side for the looping of a stitch thread around the nose and projection.

3. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturable material. having a nose at one side, a projection at its opposite side and a pair of side wings for the looping of stitch thread around the nose and projection.

l. A price tag constructed of needlepuno lurable material having a spaced nose or tongue at one end, a spaced dove-tailed projection at its opposite side and av pair of side wings for the looping of a stitch thread around the nose and projection.

5. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturable material having a plurality of notches at one side forming a tongue or nose and a plurality of inclined notches at its opposite side forming a dove-tailed portion of greater width than the tongue for the looping of a stitch thread around the nose and the dovetailed portion.

(3. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturable material having a side notched to form a tongue or nose and its opposite side notched to form a projection of greater Width than the nose for the looping of a stitch thread around the nose and projection.

7. The combination of a fabric and a price tag having a plurality of thread-receiving notches at one side forming a tongue and a pluality of thread-receiving notches at the opposite side forming a dove-tailed portion, fastened to the fabric by a single stitch, with the thread looped around the tongue and secured around the dove-tailed portion.

8. A continuous strip of price-tag constructed of needle-puncturable material forming material having a series of notches along one edge thereof forming a series of tongues and a series of inclined. notches along the other edge thereof forming a series of dove-tailed portions.

9. A continuous strip of price-tag constructed of needle-puncturable material forming material having a series of notches along one edge thereof forming a series of tongues and a series of inclined notches along the other edge thereof forming a series of dove-tailed portions, one tag spaced from another by a slot.

10. A continuous strip of price-tag constructed of needle-puncturahle material forming material having a series of notches along one edge thereof forming a series of tongues and a series of inclined notches along the other edge thereof forming a. series of dovevailed portions, one tag spaced from an other by a slot and av notch, whereby on the severance of the strip at the slots and notches price tags are formed fo attachment to the goods.

11. The method of securing a. price tag having oppositely notched ends forming oppositely projecting portions to a fabric, which consists in passing a stitch through the tag and fabric at one end. and out at the opposite end of the tag, forming a thread loop passing around one of said. projections. and then securing the opposite ends of the thread around the opposite projection.

The method of securint a price tag having a spaced nose at one end and a dove-tailed projection at its opposite end to a fabric, which consists in passing a stitch through the tag and fabric at one end and out at the opposite end of the tag, forming a thread loop for the reception of the nose, and then securing the opposite ends of the thread around the dove-tailed projection.

13. A price tag constructed of needle-puncturable material adapted to be attached to the goods by a single stitch requiring but a 

